Singapore Monitor, 1 March 1984, Afternoon Edition

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  • 15 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR EDITION M C (P) No 13 583 Thursday, March 1, 1984 30cents
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  • 629 1  -  Dr Wang: I have reached the stage of my life when I can best serve country ■y EE BOON LEE DE WANG KAI YUEN, one of the four new People's Action Party candidates for the next general election, this morning
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  • 182 1 COMMITTED and confident. Thai's the picture that emerged of Dr Wang Kal Yuen. He remained unruffled despite some hard questions thrown at him. His commitment to the grassroots operations is reflected in the fact that he not only helps out in the Meet-the-People Sessions in Bukit
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    • 134 2  -  By FOO MEY KIEN A SELF-confessed transvestite and male prostitute today pleaded guilty in the subordinate court to stealing from a 35-year-old Australian tourSalleh Ismail, 25, together with his friend approached Mr Benjamin Edelman at Scotts Road last Tuesday. The three of them then agreed
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    • 174 2  -  Maj-Gen.Choo on the importance of building people with character Picture by CLIFTON AW THE ANGLO-Chinese School has an excellent scholastic reputation because it believes in building people of character. This is more critical than just being able to attract good brains to the school and
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    • 181 2  -  By K K FONG TWO ROBBERS, one claiming to be from the Public Utilities Board, tricked a housewife to let them into her house before tying her up and robbing her of $5,400 in cash and valuables. Madam Hashimabi Subahan, 23,
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    • 140 2 ABOUT 40 Singapore and Malaysian cars will be taking part in a 900km "escapade" on March 15-17. The "escapade," organised by the Malaysian Tourist Development Corporation and the Automobile Association of Malaysia, will cover a route from Penang to Singapore via Kuala Lumpur, Port Dickson
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    • 345 3  -  By FAEZAH ISMAIL THE HIGH Court yesterday reduced the jail sentence of a businessman from 44 months to 19 months. Lim Teong Kuan, 38, was found guilty last June on three counts of cheating. He was first charged for using forged
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    • 145 3 A HOST committee has been formed for the 56th American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) World Travel Congress to be held in Singapore in 1986. The committee will liaise with and coordinate the functions and responsibilites of the host country. It is expected
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    • 256 3 THE TENANT of a statutory body's staff quarters and six illegal immigrant workers were arrested in a surprise E re-dawn raid conducted y the Immigration Department on Tuesday. This follows a warning put up by the Home Affairs and Labour ministries on Feb
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    • 143 3 AN EFFECTIVE two-way communication between the management and Quality Control Circle members will have a big impact on the promotion of productivity, said Mr Lim Tow Yong at the opening of the Emporium Holdings' QCC conference yesterday. Mr Lim, who is the
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    • 321 4 National Computer Board and IBM to develop integrated system THE HEALTH Ministry's computerisation project will get off by the middle of the year, and with it, Singapore is on the way to achieving two goals of being a regional computer centre and a regional medical
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    • 156 4  -  By JALIL MISWARDI RESIDENTS and shopowners in the buildings opposite the Nelson Road Mails and Parcels Centre nave been given quit notices by the Port of Singapore Authority. Before the year is out, it is expected that all of the residents there
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    • 296 4  -  JANUARY EXPORTS HIT HIGH OF $4.68 B By RODNEY HOBSON SINGAPORE traders turned record breakers in January, figures just released by the Department of Statistics show. Coming hard on the heels of an optimistic official survey of the economy, the figures are a fine morale boost.
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    • 61 4 Imports Exports Dofictt 1993 Jan 5.09 3.49 1.61 Fob 4.27 3.26 14)1 Mar 4.92 3.85 1.07 April 5.32 4.02 1.30 May 4.80 3.89 1.11 Juno 5.25 4.08 1.17 July 5.05 3.82 1.43 Aug 5.12 4.14 0.99 Sspt 4.77 4.07 0.70 Oct 4.94 4.00 0.94 Nov 5.23
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    • Article, Illustration
      387 5  - By LOONG SWEE YIN FOREIGN companies in Singapore recognise the importance of reservist training and as far as possible try not to seek deferment of their employees' training stints. But it would help if the Defence Ministry could give advance notice of the training stints so that these can be
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    • 281 6 SYSTEMATIC TRAINING TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT A SPECIAL school to train taxi and bus drivers is being set up by the Registry of Vehicles. Renovation work on an old three-storey school building at Pasir Panjang has begun. And from around May, all
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    • AROUND SINGAPORE
      • 134 6 TO GIVE local drama groups a chance to get on stage and show what they can do, the Ministry of Culture is organising the Seventh Annual Drama Festival. Scheduled for September and October, the festival is also aimed at promoting local
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      • 72 6 BUSINESS hours at Toa Payoh Central and Jurong Town post offices have been extended to 9 p.m. from Monday to Saturday. Sale of postage stamps and acceptance of registered articles will be possible till 9 p.m. but other transactions must be made before
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      • 51 6 REDIFFUSION is organising a seminar on media planning at 8 p.m. on March 23 at its premises at Clemenceau Avenue. Mr Chris Sweeting, director, Survey Research Singapore, will speak about the wide range of information available to advertising/marketing people in their advertising campaigns.
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      • 78 6 SINGAPORE Accountant, the first professional accountancy magazine ever published here, was launched on Feb 24 and distributed to all members of the Singapore Society of Accountants and accountancy students. The journal, which is issued bi-monthly, outlines developments in the profession and issues
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      • 40 6 THE Dalvey Road gate of the Botanic Gardens will be closed for five months from todaj. This is to enable the construction of the pedestrian underpass linking the present Gardens with the extension.
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  • world
    • 120 7 LATWP LOS ANGELES, Thurt PALIMONY claims, by a Las Vegas dancer Mr Scott Thorson against flamboyant pianist Liberace asserting that the entertainer promised to support him in exchange for sexual services was thrown out of court yesterday. Mr Thorson, 24, can continue to pursue a
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    • 168 7 TAIWAN'S ALL-OUT EFFORT TO RESETTLE THEM Reuter TAIPEH, Thursday HONG KONG Chinese who want to resettle in Taiwan will be given special help, Foreign Minister Chu FuSung said yesterday. Mr Chu told parliament that the Nationalist Government was drafting plans to simplify immigration and investment procedures concerning
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    • 156 7 Reuter SUVA, Thursday FIJI may relax its immigration rules to attract Hong Kong businessmen to the South Pacific country as residents and investors, Finance Minister Mosese Qionibaravi told Parliament. But he said that Fiji would not copy some other countries, which he did not name,
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    • 124 7 AP MANILA, Thurs THE 16-year-old stepdaughter of alleged assassin Rolando Gal- man today testified that her mother told her she had been summoned "by General Ver" before her disappearance one month ago. The Philippine military has only one Gen Ver Fabian Ver,
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    • 83 8 Assad's bearhug on Lebanon forces Gemayel closer to Syria UPI LEBANESE President Amin Qemayel is greeted by President Hafez Assad of Syria on arrival at the Syrian capital of Damascus yesterday. A model of state visit protocol, the Syrian reception included a band, a red carpet and
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    • 352 8 UPI, LAT-WP DAMASCUS, Thursday PRESIDENT Amin Gemayel, entering a second day of talks in Damascus today, was reportedly ready to give in to Syrian demands while his capital reeled from a deadly car bomb attack and unusually heavy fighting. Gemayel's summit with
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    • 88 8 LAT-WP BEIRUT, Thursday US army advisers have resumed training the battered and shrunken Lebanese army amid great uncertainty over whether its remaining brigades will hold together in the absence of a quick political settlement among Lebanon's warring Christian and Muslim factions. On Monday, 300
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    • 248 8 AP WASHINGTON, Thurs LIBYA has obtained a fleet of small remotecontrol boats which could be packed with explosives and sent at high speeds against targets such as US warships, according to the navy's intelligence chief. Rear Admiral John Butts, Director of Naval Intelligence, reported on Tuesday
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    • 311 9 Guerillas' demands to keep arms and get citizenship rejected AP KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday THAI army officers met with guerilla leaders of the banned Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) to try to talk them into surrendering, but the talks failed, according to a statement by
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    • 306 9 The Nation Review BANGKOK, Thursday THE ROYAL Thai Air Force (RTAF) will this year begin the first stage of a Ss9oo million project to install the country's first automated air defence system which enables it to respond swiftly to intruding aircraft according to
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    • 156 9 AP JAKARTA, Thursday THE MAN who led a rebellion crushed by the British in Brunei in 1962 has expressed a desire to return to newly-independent Brunei, a local report said yesterday. "All of us want to go home because we did not intend
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    • 721 10 THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE Reuter MANCHESTER (New Hampshire), Thursday WALTER Mondale's upset defeat in the New Hampshire primary has electrified the Democratic nomination race and made an overnight political star of winner Gary Hart. The New Hampshire vote established that Mr Mondale
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    • 93 10 UPI ATLANTA (Georgia), Thursday MR Walter Mondale, attempting to shuck off a tough primary defeat in New Hampshire, campaigned through the key March 13 primary states of Massachussetts, Georgia and Alabama yesterday with a promise to try harder to get his message across. Mr Mondale joking
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    • 195 10 Reuter NEW YORK, Thurs THE Soviet Union yesterday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution to send United Nations troops to Beirut to replace the four-nation multinational force. The vote on the draft was 13 in favour and two against the Soviet Union
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    • 83 7 S THURSDAYS SUMMERWINE WILL SPARKLE VJr THE RHYTHMS OF THE CITY when disco dancing is touched with the sparkle of Summerwine moments both chic and sophisticated. with the cut and colour of brilliant fashion and always feeling so good. TONIGHT Lam's Creations 8/3/84 Maria Boutique 15/3/84 Anthony Yong Daimaru 22/3/84
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  • money
    • 158 11 STERLING has added to earlier gains to hit its highest level against the Singapore dollar since early November. It closed in Singapore yesterday at $3.1575 after topping $3.16 earlier in the day. It has gained almost 20 cents from the alltime low recorded in
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    • 712 11  -  HONG KONG Budget '84 By PHILIP BANGSBERG in Hong Kong, Special to Tho Monitor INDUSTRY and the financial sector generally hailed Sir John Bremridge's HK$37 billion (Sslo billion) bud§et as even-handed and sensible, carrying as it does a eficit for the second year
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    • 123 11 SHARE OF THE DAY j FABER Merlin's suspension has punters and others in stock broking circles speculating on some possible corporate development involving the counter. There have been talks that Faber Merlin's current chairman, Chang Lee Sian, may be stepping down from office. She
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    • 170 11 THE US dollar hovered around New York's closing levels in quiet early trading. Dealers said that although the dollar trend remains bearish, operators were reluctant to trade, awaiting further price indications after it fell in New York on the large US trade deficit and recovered on shortcovering.
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    • 587 12 COMPANY FOCUS Australian, UK investments expected to spearhead growth Review by SUN HUNG KAI SECURITIES Summary recommendation THE company is 62.5' per cent owned by Mr Jack Chia and his associates. Jack Chia-MPH Ltd traditionally functioned as the Singapore arm of the diverse Jack Chia Group involved
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    • 127 12 Your 8$ to ono unit ©I foreign cucroncy SoWng Buying TT/DO TT DO US| 2 1275 2.1175 2.1085 sterling 3.1672 3 1452 3 1352 Australian 2 0156 1.9916 1.9816 Canadian 1 7088 1.6888 ***** New Zealand! 1 4242 1.4042 1 3942 S$ to 100 units of foroign currency Austrian
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    • 370 12  -  By AWTHER SINGH THERE has been a great deal of debate as to whether a renounceable rights issue is an "invitation to the public." The importance of this phrase is that it occurs in Section 4 (6) of the Singapore Companies Act on whicn
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    • 248 12 Selected stocks at midday. Market toae: mixed Cold Storage 4.54/4.60 Fraser and Neave 6.45/6 50 Haw Par 2.75/2.76 Jacks Intl 5.10/5.60 Keck Seng 5.55 B Magnum 4.00 B M Cement 8.60 B Arab-Mai Dev 134/135 Boustead 2.84 S Esso 12.30 S Genting 5.60/5.65 GIH 4.76 S Hume 5.50/5.60
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    • 294 12  -  By JEANNE WONG FRENCH investment in Singapore is likely to accelerate over the next decade, and among the reasons for this is the increasing commitment of French companies to the relatively new Asean market, said Mr Christian Tran Ba Huy, president
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 33 11 3| 4 IW 1 McNa—H 1— T jg* O rvv^ U Zx4^ K E\V ftoiTc"** R —Z 1 n VWRE. MY ACCOUNTANT. AMD YOU'RE I CAWT PUT TH»6 LUNCH OJ MY e*PBH*& ACCOUNT?
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  • features
    • 733 13 Son who kills pervert father in cold blood raises quest ions of legal morality Newsweek ROBERT LEE Moody thought God was telling him to kill his father, but almost anyone who knew the man might have offered similar advice. Moody senior, Robert Ira, was, in the words
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    • 482 13 LAT-WP UNDER THE enigmatic Gen Ne Win, Burma has gone out of its way to dissociate itself from power blocs or other groupings. Its officials have tried to minimise the impact that foreign influence could have on traditional Burmese life styles. Even
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    • 822 14 UPI MIAMI: THE battle of the burgers has turned into a war that is spreading not only in America but to their franchise holders overseas as well. The strategies and code-named operations are be ing mapped with military secrecy in the board rooms and advertising
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  • opinion / letters
    • 445 15 IJMflf^^^B IT HAS been known for some time now that the market for private condominiums and luxury flats was languishing in the doldrums. It is a painful time for developers. Last year, for instance, 2,800 private units went unsold. Between now and 1988, a yearly
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    • 437 15  -  WASHING OF SCHOOL TOILETS: DUDLEY AU Singapore 1024 MILTON FRIEDMAN once commented it always looks as if the best way to solve a problem is to spend somebody else's money. In a similar way, it appears the washing of toilets by small
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    • 20 15 NATIONALISM is an Infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind Albert Einstein, German-bom physicist (1879-1955).
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    • 125 15  -  JUNE ANASTIASA Singapore 031€ I READ with interest vour front-page article headlined "SBS may nut aircon buses on road in April (SM, Feb 27). After reading the article, I was left wondering why the trial would be imE'emented
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  • 412 16 TODAY'S Highlights Thursday Feature Special: The Return of Mod Squad (Ch 5, 9.15 pm) (E) THE Mod Squad is back. After seven years off the Klice force, Pete, Julie and Line are called in to lp their former boss, Adam Greer, when a series of sniper
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  • 468 16  -  TV SCENE By WONG SING YEONG THE row between SBC and the TV magazine, Radio and TV Weekly, went one step further yesterday when a reporter from the magazine was barred from entering the station. The reporter arrived at SBC at around 2
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 864 16 3.00 Ooennino and Prooramme Highlights followed by Taiji Master (Series II) (C) Tip Suzy Pruden teaches kids how to exercise their arms and backs this week. 4.10 The Bionic Woman: Black Magic (r). Guest Stars: Vincent Price, Hermione Baddetey, Julie Newmar and William Windom V 1 4.55 Camp Wilderness: Hobie
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    • 349 16 12.00 PM Programme Summary 12.05 Musical Showcase: Smetana His Music Musical Notebook Violinist Composers of 8.00 Programme Summary 8.05 Musical the 19th Century: 1. Henri Vieuxtemps: Violin Moments with: The Mormon Tabernacle Concerto #5 in A min Op 37, Allegro non Choir/Richard Condie, The Philadelphia Ortroppo/Adagio/Allegro con fuoco, Kyung Wah
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    • 170 16 12.00 PM Newsdesk 12.30 Classical Record Review 12.45 Financial News 12.55 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 1.30 Peebles' Choice 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Nature Notebook 2.40 The Farming World 3.00 World News 3.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 3.30 Country Style 3.45 Network U.K.
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  • leisure
    • 532 17  -  GEORGE BURNS FEELS GREAT By PHILIP CHEAH "GEORGE BURNS "my colleague crooned as she clutched a picture of Burn's craggy face to her chest. (I knew I wanted to be George Burns then.) "I want to do the interview," she went on, "Look, I'll
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    • 1074 18 MICHAEL CARLTOIi takes you on a delightful tour off France's Champagne region to discover the roots off the world's most renowned drink off all times the bubbly champagne, often dubbed "liquid stars." ALL THE stars are sparkling tonight in this tidy corner of Prance, thanks to
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    • 366 18 HIS EIGHT GRAMMYS SHATTER ROGER MILLER'S 1965 RECORD LAT-WP HOLLYWOOD: Michael Jackson's record of victory in eight categories on Tuesday night shattered the Grammy mark of six established by singer-songwriter Roger Miller in 1965, the year his "King of the Road" dominated the
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    • 1098 19 PART FOUR OF THE SERIALISATION OF THE MOVIE DAVID, the ever-changing messages on his screen acting like a drug, continued to feed instructions to the computer controlling the game. In a minute, he thought, this will Kt really interesting. The Americans will ve to throw everthing
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    • Article, Illustration
      59 20 LETTERS from Lelsere widen oa iab)ecti pertalatog to oar column* will be (elected for paMirattaa weekly to (kit colama Please addrew year letter* la Letaare Bex, The Stegapore Moat tar, 2 Aleiaadra Read, a 03 01A Delta Haaae, Stag a pore 0315 Yoa may aae a paeadoayn bat
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    • 262 20  -  BENNY KOH Singapore 0315 I REFER to the Awakening controversy (SM, Feb 10): I was sad to learn that the critics gave not only unfair, but stupid remarks. Point 1: The bicycle which Ashui rode is of recent make and can go faster than a horse ridden
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    • 133 20 I WOULD like to refer to the Senior PRO of the SBC's reply (SM, Feb 0) to living Learning's complaint of non-reply to listeners' Tetters. Since SBC's clarification was that the volume of listeners' mail was too overwhelming, perhaps it is time that it, too, should consider computerisation
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    • 72 20  -  LIM KIM GUAN s^»»^-w?.J I WOULD like to ask why SBC did not telecast the Hong Bao Special '04 on TV like the annual Chingay Procession. The weather forecast for the event's two days, Feb 11 and 12, were not favourable and many people stayed indoors, thus
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    • 1912 21  -  For Ethel Merman there was no business like show business By TED THACKREY Jr LATWP ETHEL MERMAN, the brazen, bellowing belle of Broadway who proved the adage that there indeed is no business like show business, was found dead at her home in New
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 432 19 f\KM GUIDE g■ k m 1 FAIR (C) StarringChen Yn, Hai Ytag DALIT (*****16): 36 SUPERKIDS (C) CLEMENT! (*****51): KIDS FROM SHAO- jfijgta search* o? a'better ends°Sp LIWAQU (*****30): 36 SUPERKIDS (C) stirring: LI Lianjie for attempted robbery. Synopsis: A sequel to the successful Shaolin JADE (*****60): TRADING PLACES (E)
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 106 20 SSO AND MUSIC OF LONDON THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the Music of London will give a violin, cello, piano and orchestral concert at Victoria Concert Hall tomorrow and Saturday at 8.15 pm. Members of the Music of London are Mr Hugh Bean (violin), Miss Eileen Croxford (cello) and Mr
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    • 95 20 AUSTRALIAN ART AWARD 1984 THE Singapore Australian Business Council, in association with the Australian High Commission, is holding the Australian Art Award 1984 competition, based on the themes, Asian Impressions and Images of Australia. Artists are invited to submit their works in any medium but all paintings must be original
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    • 37 20 TODAY: Low tide 4.54 am (1.2 m) High tMe 19.41 am (2.5 m) Low tide 5.28 pm (0.3 m) TOMORROW: Low tide 5.22 am (1.0 m) High tide 11.15 am (2.6 m) Low tide 0.00 pm (O.Sm)
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 313 22 leisure comics stastesta ABIES March 21 to April If LIBRA Catch up with neglected work September 23 to October 22 instead of worrying about a A close tie has some unexpectlack of funds. Make every ef- ed news which will please vou. fort to improve your position. Impromptu meetings are
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    • 185 22 ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By Bill Barry /SJM^PS-'ISM FEI^^TSiC^ f ALSOAN E*russianJ/ women... CS*TAIN DREW BLANK T RAT^^/ /«>WN TO MURDER\, DR SMOCK By George Lemont f THAT'S AN f A CARPIOU?SIST INTBRCSTIN<S V_—. V^STICKER H-\ \l ijj/ "i II —-J 9 BEING A DOCTOR" 1/\ m$ I i **********111 l
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  • 249 23 GO PLACES MORE Singaporeans today fancy the prospect of quick getaways. This is the trend among holiday makers here as they hop aboard coach, plane, or ship for some nearby destination whenever a long weekend or holiday period comes around. The trend has been noted by tour operators,
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    • 292 23 MALAYSIAN PACKAGES CHARM OF MALAYSIA (6 DAYS 5 NITES) 1 K.L.. Genting, East Coast FROM *****.00 ONWARDS EAST COAST DELIGHTS (3 DAYS 2 NITES) Kuantan or Tg. Jara FROM *****.00 ONWARDS WEST COASTERS (7 DAYS 6 NITES) K.L.. Penang. Cameron Highlands FROM *****.00 ONWARDS GOLDEN BUTTERFLIES (5 DAYS 4 NITES)
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    • 208 23 I ■■■H^TAO6S FOR more details contact NTUC Travel Service, at *****33 PENANG o Easy' Nuticdv more Casuarina Beach Hotel deluxe resort with all ocean-view rooms Return airfare on wide-bodied jets Roundtnp limousine transfers Welcome drink Full breakfast daily Local set lunch daily Daily departure anglo French travel L J WI
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    • 179 23 $100** Trade-In Value Far Your OM Bags. Phone: *****44 *****41 *****51 ARCHIPELAGO SPECIALS T#fc *****65, *****39, 2SS4S90 V 2MTO2S #01-3S Lucky Plata, (TA 12S) WEST MALAYSIA TOUR DAILY DEPARTURE GROUPS/P.I.T. 1 BAY TOUR OVCltti At TOUM J?"** 4 m j/7D BKK/PATT/CH |7M IM WIKK/HKC lIMt Sweort Ulw< Tow m (OMNL/BACUW
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  • 329 24 MMmvvnqgiuammmw iiwayiwr «MI pwwraw wpnimwyy, mmutom *nmum, <wwwwwi> <fwivwMi»«w>f, yww jyjiffllidlyiilttiiykl^— --jm -T? y!S;::; IIMIM v winnii m m im Jl Win *mLm ■itf'— d*fla>» Jif Xmrn m ■>«■ m a MANY an employee, from marketing manager to messenger boy, thanks his lucky
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 171 24 IP Full Time/Part Time commencing in MARCH A wide range o! courses leading to the Examination of C G, CEi, LCCI, GCE, VITB e pre uia ii (Commerce stream) e sec ma iv (Science, Arts Commerce streams) 0 COMPUTER EDUCATION Leading to UK Examinations IDPM (Institute of Data Processing Management)
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    • 136 24 TRAINING OKBttfe #11-10 International Plata 10 Anson Road Singapore 0207 IX: 220-0871/ 221-7008 The following classes will commence on sth March 1984. LCCI Higher Book Keeping (beginners intermediate) OCC 'A'/'O' Level Mathematics (elementary, additional, advanced) ACA Level 2 (full/ part-time classes) Quantitative analysis, RFA, Auditing ACA Level 1 Revision classes
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    • 82 24 important beagng on your future). H We have specialty programmed H the following classes lor the GCE "O" LEVEL 1984 Examinations. 1) Mon 2.30 4.00pm- H 2iMon 4.00 5.30pm 3) Mon 6.30 B.oopm 4) Thurs 2.30 4.00pm 5) Thurs 4.00 5.30pm. H 6) Thurs 6.00 7.30pm 7) Fri 2.30 4.00pm
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    • 231 25 MIL* I Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday linhii Word* 0.35 cents per word 0.55 cnli per weed Diepley $7.70 per col. cm $12.00 ptr c«). M Bmlwm Hie Mon-Frl, 9aai-spm Sal. 9am-lpai Book-keeping I Tax Services available. King Lam 440-4276 Ching Ling Acct9l3-541/760-1634 Commercial Serv 240-1157/4543 Daniel Chan Mgni
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    • 346 25 Kin Sai Veh Rental 244-4471 Pleasant Car Pantal 244-4471 Trinity Pent-A-Car 235-9293 C P Caterer 244-3740 Indonesian Buffet 440-3255 Memory Caterer 441-9424 Marry Meals Home Delivered Dinner (districts 10.11^4) 469-5221/ 466-4692 Mrs Wah Buffat Sarv. 774-0532 Nice 4i Easy Home Delivered Dinner 440-3255 Tamptnes Home Dinners/ Buffet.. .741-6770 (after 4
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    • 282 25 ••st Driving Tuition 771-3435 Eastern Driving Sch. 254-3675/6 Liberty Auto Driving School 212-6165/260-9143 Mitra Driving Centre/(Marine Parede) 244-4060/344-6197/3 Acmes 345 9??4 Stai Service Co 253-3713 May Employ man t Ag 222-93*4 Saravana Enterprises 91-3217 fACtAt IMEMflfl Bridal Maka-Up 469-1425 Graca Facial Cara 452-4012 fancy omem CO&TVME Tha Sweat Shoppa733-2760 HOHH
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    • 344 25 MONITOR'S DIRECTORY Chan Pul Kee 223-4906 Longetivity Pta Ltd 469-0204 Anna Foo Sofa Centre.2ss-7290 Technique Upholster y63-4137 A t B contracts, interior and renovation 331-1036 Carpets t Wallpaper 334-0044x727 Curtain Rails (toso) 213-1644 Hwang Builders 445-6475 Kim Joo Huat Trdg Co 254-4517 Pats-Villa Enterprise33MoM 727 Solar Control Ind. Co. 747-*****
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    • 102 25 Eric's Ooltar Tuition 445-1291 Pop Piano Tuition 253-5656 Spanish Guitar Centre....62-7514 Technics Music Sch 469-3714 L.J. Llew Piano Co 737-632$ Jelen Secretarial 5erv..447-4267 Ai Mul Optical 253-7156 Federal Optiek Co Pte Ltd 61 Orchard Rd. #02-17 Plaza Singapura. 5(0923) 337-7611 Not Scotts Rd #03-19,3 rd Floor, Scotts, 5(0922) 176 Orchard
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    • 276 25 ri&nt-§*lltry JSSS Plm Wlm far all >wli— crip} TkU Uii «-a VvM i Blum and Hms Liebrawnilcb \TI X tt Plm German white wine wttb fruity Uste 110.00 per bottle I p II Qwiaa Via Rom D Anjon Vj rrwtc> Ho> wWli Itowwr MO per bottle. ft U"N K. Mnny
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    • 199 25 Petri Security Service. 91-1953 Prop Invest Serv 447-3691 Tom-Reck Security Serv9l-9343 Computer Dating 533-7715 (Mon to Frl 10a.m. to 7.30 p.m.) Excellent Painting 533-0329 Kwan Hang Aircon Co 441-31 M Liang Hup Serv (Gen repairsfridge/aircon). 747-5136/747-5137 Siamese Astrology 335-7497 Stop Smoking. (6-10pm)213-2427 Elna Sewing/Press Ctr 737-9779 I aruwiwi I mmt
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    • 251 26 classified: 273-9090 Situations Vacant matertro INDUSTRIAL m LTD requlree FEMALE OPERATORS (2 rotating Shfts) Above 16 years old Experience not neceesary We oiler. £?JSS2. u nh a^rent ©r •HSSsSr JimiifiiiiMi i SSff^XTm Plmm Caß pwMMly al 40 Ponaon dead Singapore 2200 Mow Frtrso-roo Sat rso-irao SMUMMroii Juroog CAPACITOR MANUFACTURER Km
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    • 193 26 Situations Vacant J Urgently reqelred I MALE/ f I FEMALE I MODELS Ap 18-48. A y AD races are 4 welcomed. A Part/ Pull-time A available. Couisaa will be given A to tboee without a experience. Please eea»e persea- T ally to: Richard Taa Medals Centre (The First extras afaaey)
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    • 287 26 Situations Vacant ■v jmmmm r *—m —k X X X MAJESTIC X X IMMEDIATE JOBS FOR X 5 SAMPLE SEWERS Monthly Paid X Salary depends on M y Experience *20 SEAMSTRESSES -Up to $1000/mth for 2 experienced girls to 2 X sew fashion Jeans X X *10 ODD JOB WORKERS
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    • 153 26 Situations Vacant is inviting applicants for the post of a TECHNICIAN (ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS Responsibilities Operation and maintenance of an advanced newspaper computer system on a round-the-clock basis. Maintenance of pre-press equipment such as photo-typesetters, facsimile equipment, graphic cameras. Maintenance of electrical facilities Qualifications ft Experience Dipkxna/C G/ ITC in Electronics or
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    • 181 26 FOOD CORNER/ CATERERS A mima M CA rtmrna cm. Mora. We catar lor Indoneeten buflat /timer /benquet /weddng toirlhdey /oocktal /reception etc. $8 $10 par person (8 oouraaa). mm. 30 paraona. Tal: 442-6658 tood to your dooretap* OMararrt srsasrrar^'K •vaiaHr Faat A prompt detvery Cat now! At 7454M7. MMMNV Centoneee
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    • 329 26 LEISURE AND SPORTS MART Bouts St Outboards aato. LMtod number only. Prtca $050.00 Mch. Intoreatod cafl 209-6787. Sports Goods /Coaching WUUKWB AIABT BadmMon coach uiMt n a prsfsrauy wwn uanapon. man contact Daarta Lm at 256-4261 (altar 7pm). MERCHANDISE AND SERVICES Business Services Anlnitalm^ We kpcddliw in priming vititiny card*,
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    • 330 27 classified 273-9090 nontn Accommodation Vacant sSJss»!euMfts!2^ $1400. UW SarangoorV Badcfc/ Thomson SlBOO. Jatan Kawu 1860. Utxw Zinc Houm 1400. T«: 779-0480. raantmroMd, rinyl M, twflt In cxeboartk. 10» floor. atfdng $156,000. Tat 444 4«0» Mnlahad pntaM tar rant HvmM parMaa ptaaaa contact 734-01 il, Mm Ng Business Premises For Sale/Kent
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    • 170 27 ANNOUNCEMENTS CHAN HO ENGINEERING LIMITED (incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NEW ISSUE OF 4,000,000 SHARES OF $1.00 EACH AT $1.50 PER SHARE PAYABLE IN FULL ON APPLICATION Managed and" Underwritten by SECURITIES (PTE) The prospectus and application forms are available at: ALFA-PACIFIC SECURITIES (PTE) 15 Phillip Street #05, 06,
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  • sports
    • 124 28 Reuter CHINA: South Korean Davit Cup Taam Captain, Kim Moon-il, (left), and his Chinese counterpart, Zhang Daiu, (right), smile and shake hands during a planning moating for the March 2 to March 4 zonal contest at Kunming with referee Tohitau Hasegawa of Japan. Meanwhile, South Korea's Davia Cup
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    • 122 28 AN INSPIRING effort by James Wong, a former national player, steered SABAH to a 4-0 win over PERAK in a Malaysia Cup match at Stadium Perak yesterday. The Sabah coach cum player was earlier even not among the first 11 at kickoff but
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    • 121 28 SHUKOR Salleh, at the age of 35, is being considered for a place in the national squad for the second roundpre-Olympic playoff in Singapore reported the New Straits Times. FA of Malaysia has been keeping a close watch on the Penang Malaysia Cup skipper,
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    • 316 28  -  FEDERAL TERRITORY 3 PENANG 1 By JOHNSON FERNANDEZ The Star LIKE A giant which awoke from its sleep. Federal Territory came out of its slumber to send Penang reeling to a shock defeat at the Merdeka Stadium last night. There was no score at halftime. Saidin
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    • 677 29 OPA England centre-back Terry Batcher is a fighter on the field. Bat recently, he fought a different kind of battle a battle to save his sight after his nose had been badly smashed in a match. He palled through. And just as he was back on his feet,
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    • 604 30  -  ■wumiuk^™ RACING TODAY'S THACKMRK •y RICHARD ANG REGAL MAN, well-prepared in Penang by Teh Chooo Beng, drew attention to his chances of scoring his maiden win with a dashing gallop on a good track at Batu Gantong yesterday morning. Taken oat by Nigel Tiley,
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    • 677 30 RACK 1 2.30 CLASS S DIV 2 1400 m 1 ***** Satrta 57 Ngtow 12 2 ***** Jury Duly MM Leong 1 2 ***** SSanosr M M Rahmat S 4 ***** Every*** Mca H IS Dante 6 6 ***** Kompak 54 Chaa 2 6 ***** Rood Runner N
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    • 296 30 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday WORK HARD to earn your place. That was the terse message Malaysian Golf Association (MGA) secretary Edmund Yong had for local pros who complained of having only six places reserved for them in the main
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 405 28 NOTICES In the Matter of Thi Companies Act, Cap.l6s And In the Matter of DEBIQN EXCELSIOR PTE. LTD. NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP (Pursuant to Section 254) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at No. 45, Jalan Waiek, Singapore 2158, on Friday the 24th
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    • 145 28 BY ORDER OF THE CHIEF StJPPUES OFFICER, SINGAPORE VICTOR S MORRIS PTE LTD WILL SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION TO BE HELD AT CENTRAL SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT COMPOUND DEPOT ROAD, SINGAPORE 0410 ON THURSOAY, MARCH I, 1984 COMMENCING AT 9.30 AM Confiscated, unserviceable and redundant stores comprising of: Typewriters, cameras, toys, empty
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 243 31 AP PARIS, Thursday FANS OF the England football team yesterday fought with knives and bottles on a cross-chan-nel ferry, smashed cars in races in Dunkirk and vandalised cafes near the Pare des Princes stadium in Paris. England was playing France in a
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    • 215 31 Former Standard Liege captain confesses to fixing vital game to clinch championship BRIBERY SCANDAL HITS TOP SOCCER OFFICIALS Reuter BRUSSELS, Thursday THE BRUSSELS public prosecutor's office said yesterday that officials and players of two top Belgian soccer clubs arranged bribes to fix the
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    • 155 31 BEST OF THE SPORTS FILES Reuter MADRID, Thursday: John McEnroe beat Poland's Wojtek Fibak 7-5, 6-1 in a first round match of the US$2OO,OOO (*****,000) Madrid indoor tennis Grand Prix here yesterday but only after a shouting match with the umpire. Play had to
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    • 117 31 UPI LAS VEQAS: Heavyweight champion Larry Holmes paid a visit to a 12-year-old boy recovering from burns inflicted when he saved two younger brothers in a house fire. "This made me feel better than when the President called," said William Holsclaw, who received a
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  • Page 31 Advertisements
    • 128 31 THEORY and PRACTICAL Course I (12 Sessions) H With the current emphasis on Automation and Higher Productivity the use of Computers in all Sectors of Trade and Industry is imminent Why not then take a step in the right direction H pursue our Computer Courses and be prepared to face
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    • 92 31 STAR SOCCER: FOCUS ON TERRY BUTCHER PAGE SO free demonstration. ■lvS2fe WB?m Cdleteron* VjO Wywy Private Limited mm Sam *gmt *M Matl IMM Wywy Houn. 17 Lang Km Rosa ftWOI 0315 T» *****6 Sew Sewcef/Wbyae; Wfwy fWrg*»e SToeee, *****8 »m Pmmrn Suit *tmf *tfc *****2 KiantaK MBS. ***** Mm *****6
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